I want to find her— 

the woman you fell in love with
because she sounds
like me. I want
to know what it feels like to look 
in her eyes and feel 
like the universe could collapse
without her because she sounds
so lovely when your mouth
shapes the sounds
to describe her. I want her

back, as if I ever knew her;
I looked in every mirror and read
each poem she wrote and reached
as far down as I could reach

into my soul but I can’t
find the woman you loved.